He still carries the battlefield inside his body. A shard of shrapnel lodged against a nerve, months after the blast.
Beneath my hands, his quadriceps resisted release. Not from overtraining or a pulled muscle — but from the pain of a piece…

He still carries the battlefield inside his body. A shard of shrapnel lodged against a nerve, months after the blast.
Beneath my hands, his quadriceps resisted release. Not from overtraining or a pulled muscle — but from the pain of a piece…